Message from Campus Leadership The UCSF School of Medicine Fresno Regional Campus (UCSF Fresno) extends the reach and impact of the top-ranked UCSF School of Medicine to Fresno, the Valley, and Central California. UCSF Fresno’s mission is to improve health in the region, state, and globally through teaching, patient care, research, and community partnerships. This includes our commitment to providing excellent medical education in the region and expanding access to a medical school degree for Valley students. In California, a great need exists for both primary and specialty physicians, and in the San Joaquin Valley, the need is even more urgent. The path to becoming a practicing physician is a long and rigorous one, taking 11 years or more after high school, depending on the specialty. UCSF Fresno is involved at almost every step of the way – from our longstanding Doctors Academy programs for middle and high school students interested in medical careers, the new SJV-MedBridge pathway for community college students, the recently launched SJV PRIME+ a Baccalaureate-to-MD pathway in collaboration with UC Merced, our residency and fellowship training programs, and our robust continuing medical education portfolio. As an anchor institution in Fresno and the Valley, UCSF Fresno is committed to developing an outstanding physician workforce that reflects Valley communities and improves patient care and access in the region and state. It has long been established that two factors play an important role in determining where physicians practice: 1) where they grew up, and 2) where they complete their medical education. By offering Valley students opportunities to complete medical education and training in the San Joaquin Valley, we increase the likelihood they will stay here to practice where they are needed most. UCSF Fresno, by far, is the greatest contributor to the physician workforce regionally. Roughly 50% of our graduates stay in the Central Valley to provide care, continue their education, and teach the next generation. Thanks to state funding and partnerships with UC Merced, Fresno State, and Valley community colleges, we are widening the path for local students with a calling to care to become physicians and serve the region that they call home. Our goal is to recruit, train and retain highly skilled clinicians and patient advocates for the Valley. We are your UCSF Fresno. And we are pleased to share this annual report highlighting some of our many accomplishments over the past year.
Eyad Almasri, MD Assistant Dean for Research
Kenny Banh, MD, FACEP Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
Roger Mortimer, MD Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Stacy Sawtelle Vohra, MD, FACEP Interim Designated Institutional Official
Steven Tringali, DO, FACP Acting Director, Clinical Affairs 1
